Derek Karcich Quotations

Matt pitched a great game. We had two pitchers out there who deserved to win. It was a toss-up. My hats off to him (Zupan). He had a good fastball and we didn't go with some of his pitches.

Our strengths will be our pitching and speed.

We're not going to go undefeated anymore. That's over with. Now we just take it one game at a time.

We left a lot of guys on, especially in scoring position. We did the usual...we got a guy on, sacrificed him over to second and we just didn't finish. Our hitting didn't show up today. We didn't get the timely hits we got in the first four games.

We only have a handful of errors and they've been made with nothing on the line.

They're solid up and down their line-up. I knew they were the number one team. They've got the hitters. We don't have the hitting right now.

It's a group of kids that have been playing together for a few years, have taken the bad and lived through it and know that it's now their time.

That left a sour feeling in our guts. It's going to be put on the shoulders of the seniors this season.

It's very frustrating. We haven't got any timely hitting against the good teams and you need to do that.

I can't wait to get things rolling. Can we be contenders? Yes. Can we play defense? Yes. My expectations are always high.

The halfway point of the season is a week away and we'll see where we are. We're planning on being in the Shoreline playoffs at the end. That's what we're working for.